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Author:
Faiers, Jonathan
Title:
Tartan / Jonathan Faiers.
Edition:
English ed.
Publisher:
Berg,
Copyright Date:
2008
Description:
326 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 26 cm.
Subject:
Plaid--History.
Weaving--Patterns--History.
Wool fabrics--History.
Textile design--Scotland--History.
Tartans--History.
Other Authors:
Victoria and Albert Museum.
Notes:
"Published in association with the Victoria & Albert Museum"--T.p. verso Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-310) and index.
Contents:
Part I. Tartan and history : Technical construction: sett, weave colour -- Early appearances -- Fragments and fabrication -- Part II. Tartan and dress : Transforming tartan -- Regulation tartan -- Erogenous zones -- Tartan toffs -- Part III. Tartan's embrace : Balmoralization -- Tartan, the grid and modernity -- Supernatural tartan -- Colonization -- Tartan's translation -- Tartan timeline.
ISBN:
1845203771 (cloth)
9781845203771 (cloth)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)226984798
LCCN:
2008019982
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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